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THE
OLYMPIANS!
THE HISTORY OF THE
OLYMPICS
Olympia, Greece
Founder of the Olympic games
Coroebus
The naked cook is the first Olympic champion in 776 BC
Theodosius – 393 AD
“On march 25, 1896, a sad rainy
Wednesday morning, cannons were
fired, doves released, and after a
gap of 1503 years the Olympics
were reborn. The dream of one man
had become reality.”Coote, James
THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN FILM
Olympic Films
Munich, 2005, directed by Steven Cool Runnings, 1993, directed by Jon Turtelturb Chariots of fire, 1981, directed by
Spielberg Hugh hudson
The Nazi Olympics
‘Adolf Hitler’s failed attempt to prove his theories of Aryan superiority.’
(The Sports Book, 2007,pg 17).
Two Parts:
Festival of Nations
Festival of Beauty
Websites:
Robert C. Schneider and William F. Stier,
www.thesportsjournal.org/leni-riefenstahl-olympia-brilliant-cinematography-or-nazi-propaga
nda
, Leni Riefenstahls ‘Olympia’: Brillant Cinematography or Nazi Propaganda?, 2001
accessed 12/02/11
Unknown Author, 2011, http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/0,,1267862,00.html, accessed
12/02/11
Unknown Author, 2009, http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-81253131577121557#,
accessed 12/02/11
Films:
Olympia, (1938) Directed by Leni Riefenstahl [DVD] Germany
Books:
Attwood, Philip, British Art Medals 1982-2002, Britsish Art Medal Trust, London, 2002
Bach, Steven, Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, 2007, Great Britain
Girardi, Wolfgang, Olympic games, International Library, 1972, first edition, Great Britain
Riefenstahl, Leni, Olympia, Taschen, Koln, Germany, 2002, 3rd edition
Sports Book, The, DK Publishing, New York, USA, 2007